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The Red Lion Hotel in the charming village of Armathwaite occupies a beautiful position at the foot of a tree-clad bank above the River Eden.

Along the street on the left stand St Stephen's Institute and the village school; beyond, on Ralph's Wife's Lane, is the church of St Stephen in the Banks.

An obliging servant stepped into the water offering to piggy-back the king across —hence Kingsbridge. The parish church, seen here in the distance, is dedicated to St Edmund the Martyr.

Bank Holidays would see upwards of 3,000 passengers per train; 40,000 to 50,000 people would travel to Mumbles on the busiest days of the year.

At this time it was the home of Lord Avebury, the distinguished author, scientist and inventor of the bank holiday. It became a hotel in 1922, and was later converted to 32 flats.

North Street leads out of the town in the direction of Cowdray Park, with which the town is most closely associated.

Here, the old core of the village, clustered around St Martin's parish church, backed by Belle Isle and Claiffe Heights, is being admired by three elegantly dressed ladies.

On the left is the District Bank. Next door is Hodgson, fruiterer and florist. By the Farmers Arms is G H Mackereth, seedsmen, also selling manure.

Shap Abbey, near the banks of the River Lowther, was founded by the 'white canons' of the Premonstratensian order at the end of the 12th century, but it was dissolved, like so many others, in 1540

St Mary's Church by the charming village green is home to a famous brass dating back to 1306 of Robert de Setvans portraying a military knight.

Prior to the public opening, local dignitaries were invited on a trial run aboard the Daimler bus to Painswick, where they took lunch in The Falcon (right) before the journey back.

The hills at the back are Mellor Knott and, to the left, Totridge Fell, along which the old border looped, climbing from the river to follow the watershed.

The town, once an important centre for the woollen trade, has many fine golden Cotswold stone buildings dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when many affluent wool merchants made their home here

Beyond the hotel building is Day's Mill, with St George's church a little back to the left. The cottage in the foreground shows an unusual method of loft ventilation.

The building dates back to the 1930s; soaring above it is the distinctive 182-ft high tower, visible from many parts of the city.

Remains of a Roman villa were found during the building of the Hotel, which takes Eastbourne's origins back much further.

To the right the Lower Promenade, closer to beach level, is separated by a sloping bank of more informal shrubs.

This view looks from the north bank of the Avon, near the toll bridge. The mill buildings are still in use (compare this view with the last one).

Back uphill, past Marlborough Buildings, we reach St James Square, altogether more conventional.

Beyond the low stone wall along the left side of the road the land drops to the bank of the River Avon.

Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.

Back in the 1960s there were as many as five shops in Nether Wallop.

It was sacrificed in a road-widening scheme, and replaced by the Fountain public house, which was set back in line with the ancient row of almshouses we see here on the left.

The half-timbered facade of Martin's Bank can be seen in the distance.